Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic

Anatta-lakkhana Sutta: The Discourse on the Not-self Characteristic

translated from the Pali by

Ñanamoli Thera

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.059.nymo.html

Dhammatalks.net Resources

Dhammatalks.net Resources

http://www.dhammatalks.net/

Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pali Discourses, Ven Analayo

https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/from-craving.pdf

https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/analayo/from-grasping.pdf

Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pali Discourses

• From Craving to Liberation (PDF). Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pali Discourses 1. Buddhist Association of the United States. 2009.
• From Grasping to Emptiness (PDF). Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pali Discourses 2. Buddhist Association of the United States. 2010.

The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal, Ven Analayo

https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/4-publikationen/hamburg-buddhist-studies/hamburgup-hbs01-analayo.pdf

The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal

• The Genesis of the Bodhisattva Ideal (PDF). Hamburg University Press. 2010.

The Legality of Bhikkhuni Ordination, Ven Analayo

https://web.archive.org/web/20140814022246/http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/fileadmin/pdf/analayo/Legality.pdf

http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/fileadmin/pdf/analayo/Legality.pdf

http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/fileadmin/pdf/analayo/LegalitywithTranslations.pdf

The Legality of Bhikkhuni Ordination

"The Legality of Bhikkhunī Ordination" (PDF) 20. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Special 20th Anniversary Issue, D. Keown and C. Prebish (ed.),. 2013: 310–333. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. (reprinted as a booklet together with translations into Sinhala, Thai and Burmese: West Malaysia: Selangor Buddhist Vipassanā Meditation Society, 2013; and New York: Buddhist Association of the United States, 2014). PDF

Cultivate Tranquility, Harvest Insight

http://www.lionsroar.com/cultivate-tranquility-harvest-insight/

Cultivate Tranquility, Harvest Insight

BY AJAHN BRAHMAVAMSO| JULY 3, 2016

Meditation stages according to the Thai Forest Tradition

The Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation Mahasi Sayadaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm9PB6pTfZg

The Satipatthana Vipassana Meditation Mahasi Sayadaw

Published on May 21, 2016

Mahasi Sayadaw

Differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/snapshot02.htm

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/schools1.htm

http://www.alanpeto.com/buddhism/understanding-mahayana-theravada/

Differences between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

by Buddhanet

Creating a Good Ground for Meditation

http://www.lionsroar.com/creating-a-good-ground-for-meditation/?utm_source=Lion%27s+Roar+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9a0251da2a-LR_Weekend_Read_May_13_20165_12_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1988ee44b2-9a0251da2a-20974389&goal=0_1988ee44b2-9a0251da2a-20974389

Creating a Good Ground for Meditation

BY THANISSARO BHIKKHU| MAY 1, 2004

Meditation isn’t a one-way street—you can’t just meditate and your life will get better. You have to change the way you live to improve your meditation. Thanissaro Bhikkhu outlines five principles of the ethical, restrained life conducive to meditation practice.

Dhamma and Non-duality by Bhikkhu Bodhi

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bps-essay_27.html

Dhamma and Non-duality

by

Bhikkhu Bodhi

© 1998

One of the most challenging issues facing Theravada Buddhism in recent years has been the encounter between classical Theravada vipassana meditation and the "non-dualistic" contemplative traditions best represented by Advaita Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism. Responses to this encounter have spanned the extremes, ranging from vehement confrontation all the way to attempts at synthesis and hybridization. While the present essay cannot pretend to illuminate all the intricate and subtle problems involved in this sometimes volatile dialogue, I hope it may contribute a few sparks of light from a canonically oriented Theravada perspective.

The Path of Purification / Visuddhimagga / Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma14/pathpure.html

The Path of Purification / Visuddhimagga / Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli

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Publisher’s Note: The BPS thanks all those who assisted with making this book available in a digital as well as printed edition. This book is the result of the work of Mr John Bullitt of Access to Insight who initiated this digital edition, the several volunteers who helped him to convert the previous edition of this book to digital text, the other volunteers who helped the BPS with proofreading, Bhikkhu Nyanatusita, the BPS editor, who helped with and coordinated the proofreading, formatting, and typesetting, corrected the Pali, etc., and the work of the BPS typesetters Bhikkhu Sacramento Upatissa and Mr Nalin Ariyaratna who skilfully typeset the text.

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"Buddhaghosa has composed one of the great spiritual classics of mankind. If I had to choose one book to take with me on a desert island, the Visuddhimagga would be my choice." Edward Conze.

Visuddhimagga or The Path of Purification, is a Theravada Buddhist commentary written by Buddhaghosa approximately in 430 CE in Sri Lanka. It is considered the most important Theravada text outside of the Tipitaka canon of scriptures. The Visuddhimagga is a systematic examination and condensation of Buddhist doctrine and meditation technique. The various teachings of the Buddha found throughout the Pali canon are organized in a clear, comprehensive path leading to the final goal of nibbana, the state of complete purification. Originally composed in the fifth century, this new translation provides English speakers insights into this foundational text. In the course of this treatise full and detailed instructions are given on 40 subjects of meditation aimed at concentration, an elaborate account of Buddhist Abhidhamma philosophy, and explicit descriptions of the stages of insight culminating in final liberation.

Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa composed the Visuddhimagga in the early part of the fifth century. Bhikkhu Ñanamoli was ordained as a monk in Sri Lanka, where he spent 11 years living in a monastery and translating the texts of the Theravada Buddhism into English. He was the author of The Discourse on Right View, Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, and The Life of the Buddha.

Visuddhimagga / Amazon.com Reviews of the Retail Version:

A marvelous translation of an indispensible text., By Will (Taos, NM United States)

This book is, indeed, "The Classic Manual of Buddhist Doctrine and Meditation". Written by Buddhaghosa in the Fifth Century in Sri Lanka, and known by its Pali title, Visuddhimagga, it is the fundamental manual for the Theravadin school of Buddhism, upon which the popular Vipassana meditation is based. But it is ever so much more than merely a Vipassana manual. Divided into three main sections covering the three "baskets" of Buddha's teaching, it first addresses Virtue (Sila) and a brief chapter on acceptable ascetic practices. Next there follows a large and wonderful section on training in Concentration (Samadhi) based on the forty traditional meditation subjects. Finally, it concludes with a large section on Understanding (Panna), the wisdom teachings of the Abhidhamma. If anyone has ever tried to learn and understand the Abhidhamma merely through study of the original texts (available in English through the Pali Text Society), then you will clearly appreciate the need for a commentary, and Buddhaghosa's commentary in the Visuddhimagga is one of the best. In general the book is comprehensive and profoundly helpful to one's practice, and to one's appreciation of the roots of Buddhist tradition as well.

This translation by Bhikkhu Nanamoli is wonderful. For years I had loved a translation by Pe Maung Tin, put out by the Pali Text Society. The language in that translation was more poetic, but I gradually grew to appreciate Bhikkhu Nanamoli's more approachable and practical language, and now I seldom refer to the other. There is for me, a Mahayana practitioner, something very beautiful and attractive in the bare, almost dry purity of Theravadin writings and practices, and this translation captures that quiet beauty very well. It is interesting to note that Bhikkhu Nanamoli, an Englishman who ordained in Sri Lanka at age 43 in 1949, and who then spent most of the rest of his remaining years in study and retreat, wrote this translation solely for his own use, because there were no available copies of the only other extant translation: only later did someone request him to publish it. We are fortunate that he did. I cannot recommend it highly enough to the serious practitioner or student.

One of the most famous books in Buddhist history., By steve (sunnyvale, CA USA)

This is it, the masterful commentary on Buddha's path that is one of the cornerstones of Theravada Buddhism. Although dense and difficult, the effort you put forth to understand this great beast of a book is well rewarded. Read the notes,stop after each paragraph and reflect, and you'll make you're way through. When you're finished, you'll be changed enough that you can go back to the beginning and get new insights on a second trip through.

Everyday, after I get off my meditation cushion, I chew my way though a few pages... It's good to be alive in a time when excellent English translations of this and other great Buddhist works are readily available.

The Path of Freedom / Vimuttimagga / Arahant Upatissa

18 MB in PDF  / Free Download / Click Here

Vimuttimagga - Probably written in Pali in Sri Lanka during the first century AD, the Vimuttimagga survived only in Chinese translation, from which the present rendering has been made. Ascribed to the Arahant Upatissa, the work is a meditation manual similar to the Visuddhimagga, but less analytical and more practical in its treatment of meditation.

The work is compiled in accordance with classical Buddhist division of the path into the three stages of virtue, concentration, and wisdom, culminating in the goal of liberation. It is widely believed that the Vimuttimagga may have been the model used by Buddhaghosha to compose his magnum opus, the Visuddhimagga (Path of Purification), several centuries later. The older work is marked by a leaner style and a more lively sense of urgency stemming from its primarily practical orientation.

What the Buddha Taught, by Walpole Rahula

http://www.dhammaweb.net/books/Dr_Walpola_Rahula_What_the_Buddha_Taught.pdf

What the Buddha Taught 

by Walpole Rahula

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL23DE0292227250FA

A Course in the Majjhima Nikaya with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

• BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery
• 221 videos
• 33,545 views
• Last updated on Nov 19, 2015

This ongoing course offers the opportunity to study the Majjhima Nikaya with one of the co-translators of the influential English translation, The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha (Wisdom Publications). The class starts at 9:30 am with a half-hour silent meditation. This is followed at 10 am by a talk on a sutta, with time for questions. A discussion period led by the teacher will be held after lunch, from noon to 12:30 pm. Newcomers are welcome. 

http://dharma-documentaries.net/the-buddha-comes-to-sussex

Dharma Documentaries

The Buddha comes to Sussex

Posted by Anandajoti on Monday, 14th March, 2016

This is a documentary about the early days of the opening of the Cittaviveka, or Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, in West Sussex, England, which was begun in 1979 under the auspices of Ajahn Chah. The film opens with a group of monks walking on piṇḍapāta through the English countryside and a gathering of lay and monastics, presumably inside the mansion.

We also see the sometimes hostile, sometimes friendly, sometimes indifferent reactions of the local population to the monastics who have moved in there; to try to ease fears and get understanding the monks have an open day and arrange meetings to discuss matters with the locals.

Thanissaro Bhikkhu : We are not one

http://www.tricycle.com/feature/we-are-not-one

We Are Not One

Interdependence is not what you (and many others) may think.Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Twenty-five years ago, one of my teachers, Ajaan Suwat, led a meditation retreat in Massachusetts for which I served as translator. During a group interview session one afternoon, a retreatant new to Buddhism quipped, “You guys would have a good religion here if only you had a God. That way people would have some sense of support in their practice when things aren’t going well.”

Paticcasamuppada by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

http://www.dhammatalks.net/Books6/Bhikkhu_Buddhadasa_Paticcasamuppada.htm

Paticcasamuppada : Practical Dependent Origination 

by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

The doctrine of paticcasamuppada [dependent origination] taught by the Buddha is profound; consequently, majority of people cannot understand the law of dependent origination. Nonetheless, it is as valid today as it was when the Buddha explained the doctrine to Ven. Ananda some 2500 years ago. The doctrine of dependent origination, the core of Buddhism, is so difficult to comprehend that people commit serious errors in understanding it, and thereby distort the Buddha Dhamma. Buddhadasa Bhikkhu reveals the root of the distortions, and carefully scrutinizes and analyzes it in the book. The root of the distortions may be traced back to the primitive Buddhism period, but the earliest relevant record can be found in Buddhaghosa's essay written some 1500 years ago.

ANATTĀ & REBIRTH by Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu

http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries.com/Anatta_and_Rebirth.pdf

ANATTĀ & REBIRTH by Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu 

A talk originally addressed to students of Puget Sound University in Seattle, Washington The explanations of rebirth they had heard seemed to contradict the principle of anattā. Tan Ajahn was asked to clarify the seeming contradiction.

Ethics, culture and relativism: Some reflections on teaching medical ethics in Sri Lanka.

Ethics, culture and relativism: Some reflections on teaching medical ethics in Sri Lanka.

February 9, 2016, 5:59 pm 

By S. N. Arseculeratne, R. Simpson, P. D. Premasiri, P. V. R. Kumarasiri

This paper is the first of two that set out to explore issues that arise at the interface between globalised systems of biomedicine and bioethics on the one hand and non-western traditions of medicine, healing and ethics on the other. At this interface, fundamental questions of relativism and context are in evidence. Here we offer a preliminary overview of these questions in relation to medical education in Sri Lanka and attempts by local scholars to develop curricula that incorporate indigenous traditions in ways that are both appropriate and realistic. In the paper, we argue for approaches that go beyond simply accumulating and juxtaposing knowledge of different traditions.

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=140047

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=140374

http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=140420

Use Wisdom to cultivate compassion

http://www.tricycle.com/feature/head-heart-together?page=0,0

Use Wisdom to cultivate compassion

By Thanissaro Bhikkhu

BS: Different Forms of Buddhism

http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org/page/about-buddhism-2/different-forms-of-buddhism

BS: Different Forms of Buddhism